Friday, July 3, 2009

Bio-Data

Trusha Desai grew up in Mumbai, India. She landed multitudinous awards in Public Speaking while she studied for her Bachelor's degree. After marriage in Tanzania, she took on the challenge of a high profile primate behavioural research project. Her degree in Math, along with Statistics and Economics was the reason she embarked on intricate statistical analyses. After eight years spent primarily on the shores of the Indian Ocean, amidst swaying palms and casuarina trees, she immigrated to Canada with her family. They selected Vancouver as their destination of choice after the Consul convinced them that the benign climate would suit their spicy palate. Having lived and assimilated in Vancouver for nineteen years, Trusha is not trapped within the dichotomy of cultural opposites. She is an accountant, where her forays with the Certified General Accountant's Program assist her. The divorced mother of two children has not lost her focus amidst all that she does.

Trusha has four blogs to her credit, to announce her causes and passionate beliefs to the world: focussing on peace, creativity, education and career. She has penned a memoir of sorts awaiting publication ~ A Convoluted Life: around the world, zooming in on the three countries that she has called home at different points of time in her life, India, Tanzania and Canada. A novel, Family Affairs is in the wings. The multi-lingual, multi-faceted woman is a closet poet too, composing Life-isms. Meanwhile, she is compiling Swaying Palms by the Indian Ocean, a collection of short stories.

Using the right side of her brain to the penultimate, she has dabbled in art for the past nine years. She tries her hand at acrylics (on canvas and paper), oil pastels, water colours and multi-media.

Waves

The abstract, Waves, has a soothing effect on the viewer. The wave-like brush strokes have a texture and vividity that take one off guard.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Cascades I

The abstract, Cascades I, has a cascading, mountainous effect. The various tones of blue-green, green and dashes of yellow present a smooth facade.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Moods

Moods, the abstract, is done in acrylics on paper. The dimensions are 22" L x 15" W. The various tones of green with the occasional eruption of yellow present a cheery facade.

Sunset in Kitsilano

Sunset in Kitsilano, is done in oil pastels and water colours on paper. The dimensions of the landscape are 12" L x 9" W. The stark black of the high rises contrasts with the yellow and orange shades of the sunset. The ball of fire is like a sunflower in the middle of the painting.

Delirious Mountains

Delirious Mountains, is done in oil pastels and acrylics on paper. The dimensions of the landscape are 11" L x 14" W. The snow-capped peaks and lustrous hued mountains have a haiku. For the purposes of this blog, the haiku is printed using electronic means. The original art does not have the haiku on it: therefore I can either write the haiku by hand or by electronic means.

Herring Bone in Time


Herring Bone in Time is done in oil pastels and acrylics on paper. The dimensions are 7.5" L x 10" W. There is hand embroidery afixed aside the painting. The pink and grey are not blended, but stand apart. The two colours give a cooling effect to the abstract.

Goodie Two Shoes

Goodie Two Shoes is done in oil pastels, water colours and includes found objects that present a stilleto in its ultimate glory. The sprinkles of silver have an enchanting effect. The dimensions are 10" L x 8.5" W.